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key back en · NOUN
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(qualifier:Australian rules football) A key defender.
Where McGovern sits among the greatest defenders to have played the game will be mulled over by sentimental, soppy supporters for days to come. But Champion Data's Daniel Hoyne said last year that McGovern was ranked over Richmond's dour defender Alex Rance as his generation's best key back.
2025 June 21, Brendan Foster, “Gov's ability to read the play ranks him among the best defenders of the modern era”, in WAToday, retrieved 27 Jul 2025:
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